What is the package name of HibernateUtil.class? If it's not com.lit.wessal it won't show up in your log file. The only records that will show up in wessal-web are any loggers that have at least a category of com.lit.wessal at a level INFO or higher. I've done something similar before and never had any problems. Maybe if you could paste the entire logging subsystem XML from your standalone.xml I might be able to see something. Also Maybe paste a class with a code sample if that's possible.